2005 UK Jewish Film Festival
October 30th, 2005 by Andre Soares
The 2005 UK Jewish Film Festival will screen more than 400 films, including Lajos Koltai’s Holocaust drama Fateless / Sorstalanság, starring Daniel Craig; Scott McGee and David Siegel’s The Bee Season, starring Juliette Binoche and Richard Gere; and Anat Zuria’s Sentenced To Marriage / Mekudeshet, a documentary depicting the the Israeli judicial system’s treatment of 
women as second-class citizens. "Our festival enables a huge diversity of Jewish film to be seen by the public,” says festival director Judy Ironside. “From short films, films about Orthodox Jewish lesbians, and Israeli rappers, to feature films starring some of Hollywood’s biggest names." The UK Jewish festival kicks off on November 5. Quote found in the European Jewish Press.
List of films submitted to the 2005 Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award
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